POWELL-PRESSBURGER TRIBUTE
Widely considered to be the best movie ever made about the ballet world, “The Red Shoes” has a preternatural glow and looks to have scarcely aged since its release 57 years ago. Enhanced by a digital restoration, this brightness was baked in by being shot in color, a rarity at the time. Director Michael Powell’s most striking innovation is integrating dance into his story of a young ballerina (an exquisite Moira Shearer in her film debut) torn between a struggling composer who loves her and an autocratic ballet impresario who seeks only to control her. A dark glorious homage to dance. Oscars for score and art direction.
UK 1948 (135 minutes)